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Les Ouvres de Philon Juif.

Auction 88 · Lot 190

Les Ouvres de Philon Juif.

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
$150

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

PHILO JUDAEUS

printer

Plantin

Place

Paris

Publication

1598

Description

Printer’s mark on title. Head- and tailpieces. Replete with illustrations, e.g. the Tabernacle (f. 147v.), candelabrum (f. 152r.), and priestly vestments (f.153v). Peeking out of the binding, is an early music ms on vellum.

references

cf. Graesse V, p. 270 (Graesse has an earlier ed. of 1588); not in Adams.
ff. (8), 528, (32). Ex-library, browned. Contemporary vellum, stained. Thick 8vo.
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